Writing
Below you can find some things we have written, recorded, or spoken at. If you have any questions, or if there is something else you’d like to see, please get in touch!
Help-seeking: Where’s the help? (Cost of living, 2021)
In this piece, Courtney Buckler (Executive Director) and Veronica Heney (Research Lead) reflect on the downfalls of thinking about help-seeking when it comes to self-harm. We suggest that instead of focussing on whether help is being sought, we should explore what kinds of help are actually available, and the benefits and risks of seeking it.
Support and Solidarity: Supporting LGBTQ+ People with Experience of Self-Harm (2021)
From March - June 2021, Make Space ran a series of events aimed at supporting LGBTQ+ people with experience of self-harm. One of the sessions was co-facilitated with Max Cohen (he/him) from It’s all about you wellbeing. The session explored the kinds of care LGBTQ+ people had received for self-harm in the past, and what we would like to see in the future.
Facilitating Brave Spaces, NSUN (2021)
What does it mean to do user-led work online? What do we do to show care to ourselves and others joining our spaces? These are just a few of the questions we explore in our commissioned piece for the National Survivor User Network. Read here.
Community, Care, and Creativity: A Project Overview (2021)
From March - June 2021, Make Space ran a series of events aimed at supporting LGBTQ+ people with experience of self-harm. The overview outlines our steps to setting up the project and an outline of each of the sessions. You can read the overview here. If you have any more questions about the project - please reach out!
Making Space for Self-Harm (The Polyphony, 2020)
Our piece in The Polyphony outlines the history of Make Space, including the questions and values that inspire and guide our work. You can read the article here.
Watch // Listen
LGBTQ+ Mental Health and Self-Harm: A panel discussion (2020)
While focussed on LGBTQ+ experiences of self-harm, the panel is a pertinent reflection on the state of medicine and healthcare more generally. Our excellent speakers cover abolition, collective care, racism and transphobia in medicine, and more.